Example sentences of "[verb] n't look [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congress , I did n't look into any crystal ball . |
| 2 | I mean it would n't be the truth but you , if they did n't look into it you could say it could n't you ? |
| 3 | She was a plain woman with the apparent placidity of the overweight , but she did n't look as if she missed much . |
| 4 | It did n't look as if Hatton had been up to much on that Monday morning in Leeds , but you never knew . |
| 5 | It did n't look as if that particular conversation was going to be necessary in this case . |
| 6 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |
| 7 | By the Thursday night , she was getting tired and it did n't look as if the try-out week was going to be a success . |
| 8 | The armholes looked too short , the sleeves did n't look as if they would fit and the bust size was nowhere near the size that was required . |
| 9 | Alexander was a tall man with a thin , unsmiling face and black , cold eyes who did n't look as if he could possibly be anybody 's very dear friend . |
| 10 | She did n't look as if she had slept too well and admitted as much . |
| 11 | KITS needed much more of her attention than it had been getting recently , and was now in a disturbing financial position : it did n't look as if the company would make a profit in 1966 . |
| 12 | Rushdie was apparently ready to apologize , but it did n't look as if that would convince the Ayatollah to withdraw the fatwa and Rushdie was in hiding somewhere in England . |
| 13 | Very handy with a hip flask , but did n't look as if he could tell a Renoir from a Renault . |
| 14 | ( Or : At first it did n't look as if they had much in common . ) |
| 15 | The window did n't look as if it had been cleaned on the outside in years , and there were splashes of pigeon droppings on the sill . |
| 16 | After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all . |
| 17 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 18 | That girl in the photos did n't look as if she ever did more than totter from A to B on the highest of spindly heels . |
| 19 | But it did n't look as if he was capable of taking it . |
| 20 | He did n't look as if he 'd driven down here with business matters on his mind … last night 's happenings , even in this fraught atmosphere , swirled back into her mind to torment her … |
| 21 | ‘ You did n't look as if you were having much fun , ’ he said dangerously . |
| 22 | Now , it looked as if they were newly decorating so whether the water got into there or not , but it did n't look as if they were in the process of decorating so I hope it did n't for their sake . |
| 23 | And I remember the day it went from Extended Titling to three three four and it was just three three four , it did n't look as if it had ever been intended to set these lines . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've seen the articles filed under Puddephat 's name , but I did n't look under Melanie Gandell . |
| 25 | He did n't look to the end of the letter first . |
| 26 | It did n't look to be in the least loose . |
| 27 | He did n't look to be under any pressure at all . |
| 28 | and er the second door on , you , it opened and the doctor came out and called for the next person to come in , she did n't look to be above forty year old |
| 29 | Little was known , either , about the families of fourteen children taken into care in Aberdeen at around the same time as those in Ayrshire ; they did n't look for publicity , speak to the press or generate such wide interest and public concern . |
| 30 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |